Social Security updates under the Fairness Act bring higher benefits and retroactive payments to many. Mailings and deposits roll out through April 2025.

Congress just passed the Social Security Fairness Act that restores full Social Security benefits to teachers, ... For example, if you get a monthly Civil Service Pension of $3,000, ...

The elimination of the WEP and GPO under the Social Security Fairness Act may mean that you need to file for retroactive benefits. Here's everything you need to know. First of all, if you (or a ...

Now, more than 40 years after WEP was enacted, the Social Security Fairness Act has rolled it back. With bipartisan support, the act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2025.

The Social Security Fairness Act has repealed two major ... affected retirees may see an average monthly increase of approximately $360 in their Social Security benefits, Diamond said. For example ...

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act during an event in the East Room of the White House on January 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Under the Social Security Fairness Act, someone who worked for an employer that doesn't participate in Social Security could be eligible for as much as $30,000 per year in spousal benefits.

To explain why repealing WEP and GPO is a wrongheaded boondoggle, I will use myself as an example. But first, you need to know a basic tenet of Social Security: Benefits have always been skewed to ...

Just two weeks before leaving the White House, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 into law on Jan. 5, 2025. Learn how it may benefit you and your spouse.

Anticipating there will be a lot of misinformation about the benefits of the Social Security Fairness Act, and what can be done with the Social Security Trust Fund, it is essential first to ...